Description

SE 46 NE ALNE MAIN STREET
5/9 (north side)

The White House

II

House. Whitewashed brick with substantial remains of a timber frame dating from the
late C16. Welsh slate roof. End chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Formerly an aisled
house with central entrance. Modern recessed entrance in same position. Modern
casements with leaded lights. The main eastern room has a principal beam with broad
chamfer with pyramidal stop and an inglenook. The western room has a similar principal
beam with plain stop. There are 3 posts remaining at ground level which rest on
padstones. The wall plate is visible in the north wall of the kitchen. The front wall
plate shows regular pegholes for studs, now replaced by brick. Part of the arcade
plate is also visible. At 1st floor level the cross walls show the timber framework of
posts and tie beams with curved braces. Common rafter roof of 24 couples. One pair of
purlins strutted from the two surviving tie beams. One remaining collar clasping the
purlins. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report
No. 494.

Listing NGR: SE4966865523

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601377

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)